2. What is Leadership and Leaders?
• Leadership
The ability to inspire confidence and support among the
people who are needed to achieve a goals.
(Dublin 2007)
• Leaders
Anyone who is influencing the activities of others towards the
achievement of a goal.
3. The main Leadership Styles
• Autocratic Leadership-
Autocratic leadership is an extreme form of transactional leadership, where
leaders have a lot of power over their people.
• Democratic Leadership-
Democratic leaders make the final decisions, but they include team members
in the decision-making process.
• Laissez-Faire Leadership-
This French phrase means "leave it be," and it describes leaders who allow
their people to work on their own.
4. The main classifications of a leader’s
characteristics
• Decision making
• Motivational level of the peers, subordinates and
followers
• Coaching & Directing
• Delegating the work
• Participating and Supporting- supporting the followers and
full participation in the vision until the end
• Power- Intention of power
5. The leaders that we selected to compare
between the characteristics
Mahatma Gandhi Adolf Hitler
6. Mahatma Gandhi
Characteristics Life examples
Decision making When making decision Mahatma Gandhi did not make decision by
him along although he asked and got suggestion by others too
Motivational level of the
peers, subordinates and
followers
Followers followed him enthusiastically in his campaign as
independence rally, salt walk
Coaching and Directing “Sathiyagraha”- (non-violence)
Delegating the work He delegated the work among the his faithful followers as
“Jawaharlal Nehru”
Participating and
Supporting
“He walked his talk” and participated, supported his followers in
every campaigns until the vision fulfilled “The independence
for India”
Power Refused to become the president after independence
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an
indomitable will” (Mahatma Gandhi)
7. Adolf Hitler
Characteristics Life examples
Decision making In decision making Hitler followed a one way
communication he made every major or minor decisions
Motivational level of the
peers, subordinates and
followers
The motivation level was high because otherwise the death was
ensured and he did not trust his close generals
Coaching and Directing Hitler’s coaching was superb but through his coaching, people
frustrated Hitler took the practice of personal command
Delegating the work He was isolated and he blamed the mistakes of his own and
the works of others to his followers
Participating and
Supporting
Hitler was a commander, when Red army surrounded Germany
he ran away and suicide with his wife
Power Conquered the other countries to gain power
“To conquer a nation, first disarm it’s citizens”
(Adolf Hitler)
8. The leaders that we selected to compare between
the characteristics
9. Richard Branson vs. Bill Gates
• Fiedler’s Contingency Model
• Task Oriented
• Relationship oriented
Personality
Factor
• Leader - member relations
• Task Structure
• Position power
Situational
factor
10. Richard Branson vs. Bill Gates
• Contingency & Situational Leadership
Branson enjoys good rapport among subordinates while Gates enjoys clear
Chain of Command
Branson has adoptive, supportive and participative behavior while Gates
adopts more directive behavior
Branson gives freedom to perform to his employees but Gates preferred to
tell his subordinates what to do
11. Richard Branson vs. Bill Gates
• Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership model
Branson gives responsibility to his subordinates according to their
readiness for the task while Gates gives to those whom he trusts
12. Richard Branson vs. Bill Gates
• Charismatic & Transformational Leadership
Branson use his personality to publicize his brand through his charm
while Bill Gates is passionate about his work
13. Richard Branson vs. Bill Gates
• Entrepreneurial & Strategic Leadership
Branson and Gates both has risk taking capability
Gates recruit only best talents in the software industry while Branson hires
people who work for him and with him
Virgin has flat organizational structure while in Microsoft only top
echelons can take decisions
14. Conclusion
• According to Mahatma Gandhi and Richard Branson the
leadership they followed or follow is the democratic
leadership style
• According to Adolf Hitler or Bill Gates his main leadership
style that he followed or follow was autocratic leadership
style
• As the results of above finding the best leader is Mahatma
Gandhi because when comparing to Adolf Hitler the
leadership styles Mahatma Gandhi followed was more
appropriate and successive leadership style
• Successful leadership brings great success in an
activity or in achieving great goals, objectives, visions &
missions
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they
will say: we did it ourselves.
-Lao Tzu-
15. Richard Branson vs. Bill Gates
• Richard Branson – Democratic Leader
• Bill Gates – Autocratic Leader
16. For Your Cooperation…
Christ gave me the message and Gandhi gave me the method
-Martin Luther king-
As a group
we
17. ?
?
Please
…
Where there is Love there is
Life.
-Mahatma Gandhi-
Hate is more lasting than
Dislike.
-Adolf Hitler-
